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KRULL (1 BD 25) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
Format | NTSC, Blu-ray |
Contributor | Bernard Bresslaw, Freddie Jones, Tony Church, Liam Neeson, Lysette Anthony, Alun Armstrong, Graham McGrath, Bernard Archard, Dicken Ashworth, Todd Carty, David Battley, Robbie Coltrane, Francesca Annis, Peter Yates, Ken Marshall, John Welsh, Belinda Mayne See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 1 minute |
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Product Description
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Journey into a mystical time and place that belongs to neither the past nor the present, where extraordinary creatures of myth work their incredible magic, and where a horrific, omnipotent Beast is the ruler. This is the planet of Krull! Prince Colwyn sets out on a daring mission to rescue his young bride who is held captive by the Beast. But slayers and alien beings under the command of the Beast oppose him at every turn. Colwyn must first reach a faraway cavern to recover the legendary Glaive, a flying blade capable of phenomenal powers. Starring Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis and Liam Neeson in one of his earliest screen roles!
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Excalibur meets Star Wars, Lavishly mounted --Variety
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.08 ounces
- Audio Description: : English
- Item model number : MLCR63219BR
- Director : Peter Yates
- Media Format : NTSC, Blu-ray
- Run time : 2 hours and 1 minute
- Release date : February 1, 2020
- Actors : Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Alun Armstrong
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home
- ASIN : B00LU4URS0
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,145 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
THE STORY: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... a Romeo/King Arthur wannabe must battle a beastly man-in-a-rubber-suit villain, (unimaginatively named "The Beast") in order to rescue his beloved bride-to-be and free his mystical kingdom from The Beast's reign of terror. To accomplish this formidable task he'll need lots of advice from his crotchety self-appointed mentor, Ynyr. He'll also need help from a ragtag gaggle of oddballs; including a washed out wizard with a gooseberry pie fetish, and a mysterious, reclusive cyclops. But first our hero must locate & master a legendary weapon: a five-bladed, super-duper ninja throwing star thingy called The Glaive.
THOUGHTS (contains spoilers): I'm surprised at the amount of folks who knock this harmless & engaging STAR WARS knockoff. KRULL never pretended to be the game-changing movie of the decade when it came out. It just tried to be fun & entertaining - and I think it succeeds admirably. The main downfall of the film, IMHO, is that the various challenges our hero must face really aren't all that challenging. Everything seems to come rather easily. For instance, obtaining the Glaive is fairly straightforward; our hero Colwyn dodges a few boulders during a landslide, scales a huge craggy mountain in what seems like minutes, locates the cavern containing the Glaive (and finds said weapon almost instantly since it's, like, five steps inside the cave), then he barely flinches at having to plunge half his arm into a river of molten rock(!) to retrieve it!? Later on, Luke & Obi Wan... errr... I mean Colwyn & Ynyr, find themselves ambushed by a gang of self-proclaimed ruthless cutthroats. Yet for supposedly deadly thieves & escaped convicts these fellows are fairly gregarious, proving to be all bark and no bite. Then shortly after proclaiming themselves to be staunchly independent rogues, they do a complete 180 and team up with the Good Guys after only a few minutes' worth of arguing! Lastly, rounding up the legendary wild Fire Mares doesn't prove to be much of an obstacle either, as our heroes run along side, lasso and are astride the massive steeds with almost no effort.
Whether this apparent lack of genuine danger was a conscious attempt made on the part of the filmmakers to keep the movie more "family-friendly" or if it was completely accidental, I feel that it does hurt the film as a whole. Another negative worth mentioning... while I'm used to less than stellar acting, being a lifelong fan of B-grade sci-fi & horror fare, I think KRULL would be more enjoyable with better-suited actors in the two lead roles. Ken Marshall is too femmy & rather bland as our young hero, Colwyn, while Lysette Anthony is utterly wooden in her portrayal of damsel in distress, Lyssa. Even with these perceived faults the film is still a lot of fun. For me, KRULL's greatest strength lies in it's eclectic cast of secondary characters. The goofy wizard wannabe Ergo is a riot who steals every scene he's in. Scar-faced Torquil and his rough tough band of bad boys are really a fun bunch at heart. My favorite character though is the Cyclops, Rell. Hands down the best cyclops ever seen on film, IMHO, and Bernard Bresslaw is absolutely perfect in the role. Bresslaw built a career in British comedy but really nails this part with an understated performance that's noble & soft-spoken. The make-up isn't perfect but his portrayal is spirited, stoic, and more than a little sad.
THE BLU-RAY: Regrettably, this hi-def release of KRULL from Mill Creek is a barebones affair. I had hoped to get rid of my Special Edition DVD and replace it with this new Blu-ray release but, unfortunately, none of the extras from the DVD are ported over. So I guess I'll keep the S.E. Krull DVD for all of its bonus content and just tuck it into the Blu-ray snapcase. The picture is very sharp, with a strong color palette, minimal artifacting, inky blacks and solid mid-tones. The spectacular location scenery looks gorgeous in this hi-def format! The movie itself doesn't appear to have had any special restorative work done to it and there's no additional footage re-inserted or anything like that... but it sure does look & sound nice. The soundmix is even & level; the dialogue is strong and thankfully doesn't get buried under the various sound effects or James Horner's music.
The main character is your basic warrior prince type, he has a kingdom to inherit and a princess to marry and the villains, in this case some kind of alien demon type, to fight after they attack his castle and steal the bride. He gets the quick low down that there is an artifact weapon that will be the undoing of the villain, yea there is a chance! Then it turns out that the bad guy has a neat trick and that is being able to start the day in a new place, very tricky indeed and that is the better part of the movie. He has to get a force together, the right kind of characters with tools, skills, knowledge and with any luck someone that can predict the future at least one day in advance. The main point of the movie is getting or using some of those to find where the castle will be.
It is a good story and I like to think of it from the idea of a D&D game, how the DM is running things and the players are going about doing things. This movie also has the feel of many things from the 80's and the nostalgia alone is worth the time spent watching it.
Interestingly enough the movie didn't do well in the theaters and I am often surprised when others I know haven't seen it, understandable but a bit of a let down to me. It also is blamed to being the downfall of the lead actresses career and again, a bummer and somewhat interesting that all the bad press would have fallen to her.
If you have seen and enjoyed something like the Sword and Sorcerer, campy, and Dragonslayer, pretty good, then you should like this, I did.